The SHANNON Service Club (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs of Neighbors) released its list of sponsors of its 2019 Main Street flag project, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.
Flags are sponsored by individuals in memory of, or in honor of someone. The list of sponsors is attached below.
Note: Send Allen County Fair award lists to [email protected]
Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club members achieved much success at the Allen County Junior Fair. Here is a list of fair results from its members.
Braeden Ackerman
Pen of 2 Meat Chickens – A
Cierra Ackerman
Outstanding Poultry Livestock Interview
Pen of 2 Meat Chickens – A, Fourth Place Senior Poultry Showmanship
Growing with the Seasons – A, First Place/County Plaque Winner
Bluffton Lions Club members will hold eye screening for Kindergarteners and pre-school youth Sept. 23 through Oct. 3. That announcement is one of several news items in the current Lions Club newsletter, attached below.
Alice Bucher, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on Aug. 14 in Ada, may be the oldest living Triplett Corp. retiree.
Mrs. Bucher was an employee at Triplett for 22 years.
She and her husband, Dale, had three children, two boys and one girl. Dale was the Ada scoutmaster for many years and he also served on several community boards and organizations in Ada. He died in 1999.
Today, Mrs. Bucher has 10 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Kimberly Piña was recently named Hilty Home, Pandora, administrator, according to Laura Voth, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio CEO.
The position came available when Jason Cox accepted the role of marketing director of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio in June.
Kim grew up in Arlington and received her B.A. in recreation management from Bluffton University in 2008. She worked as a youth minister and with the developmentally disabled population before joining Birchaven as an activities assistant in 2012.
